On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:54:55 -0500, Nate Nagel > wrote:
>WaterWatcher wrote:

>> Just wondering what's your rule of thumb for how many years before changing
>> coolant hoses. I can only remember blowing one hose and it was nine years
>> old. My Haynes manual recommends changing them every two years! How long
>> do you let them ?
>>
>> anks,
>> WW
>>
>>

>I almost never change hoses, but when one of them starts looking "iffy"
>I change them all, as the rest are likely not far behind.

I had an acura integra and it must have had 20 coolant hoses. I wasn't about
to spend a several hundred dollars on coolant hoses and just replaced the ones
that were visibly bad.